Gunmen have abducted 10 people at the Taraba/Benue border community in Jootar, located in the Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State on Friday.
According to an anonymous source, the driver of the vehicle managed to escape the abduction and recounted the incident.
The source revealed that the driver of the Sharon bus shared that he had picked up the passengers at Takum junction in Wukari, Taraba State, with a total of ten people on board.
He said, “He was to drop them (passengers) in Gboko where they ought to connect the vehicle to Akure.
“They took his phone. He had to use somebody’s phone to call me as soon as the incident happened. He is somebody I know very well.
“The incident happened around noon on Friday. That is what he told me. He picked them up from Takum, and the incident happened just 2 km from there in Jootar, Ukum LGA.”
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the LG, Victor Iorzaa, said he could not confirm the incident, stating that both the council Divisional Police Officer nor the Chief Security Officer of the local government claimed not to have the report.
Also, the state Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Adesina, said the command was not aware of the incident.
